Eufaula Indian Boarding School (Oklahoma)

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History

The Eufaula Boarding School was originally established by the Episcopal Church in 1849 as the Asbury Mission Boarding School. This was done under contract with the Creek Indian Council. The original school burned in 1889.

The new facility was built in 1892 and was known as Eufaula High School and later as Eufaula Boarding School. It was co-educational until 1907, when it was made a school for girls.

The administration of Eufaula Boarding School was taken over by the federal government in 1910.

In 1952, the girls of Eufaula Boarding School began attending the Eufaula Public Schools, and the facilities of the Boarding School began to be known as Eufaula Dormitory. A fire in 1962 destroyed an older building. In October 1970, Eufaula Dormitory was moved to new facilities about a quarter-mile from the old campus.

A census of the employees of Eufaula Boarding School in 1920 is part of the regular federal census for that year. The listing is at the end of the listing for Eufaula Township, McIntosh County, Oklahoma (Enumeration District 47, Sheet 24A).

A census of the employees and pupils of Eufaula Boarding School in 1930 is part of the regular federal census for that year. The listing is part of the listing for Eufaula City, McIntosh County, Oklahoma (Enumeration District #46-9, Sheet 7A).

References

American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.

Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.

Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online